Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pointe Coupee Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Pointe Coupee Parish
The parish jail, run by the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pointe Coupee Parish, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office at pointecoupee.lavns.org (page title: Pointe Coupee Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Pointe Coupee Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 94 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 122 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pointe Coupee Parish has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 47 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pointe Coupee Parish Jail
The Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Roads make the arrests that end in a booking in Pointe Coupee Parish.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were New Roads's 1,152 for 2025 and the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office's 454 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Pointe Coupee Parish with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,606 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the parish jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Pointe Coupee Parish arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pointe Coupee Parish?
Ask the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pointecoupee.lavns.org.
How many people are in the Pointe Coupee Parish jail?
About 94 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 122 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pointe Coupee Parish go?
To a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
Is this the official Pointe Coupee Parish website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.